Takeshi Kobayashi (å° æž— æ¦å ², Kobayashi Takeshi) (born June 7,
1959), is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and
record producer.Kobayashi started his professional career in the late
1970s. After working in the backing bands for singers such as Yosui
Inoue, Misato Watanabe, and Anri, he came into prominence as a musical
collaborator for the Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata's
eponymous 1988 solo album.Although his own leader albums failed to
receive public attention, Kobayashi garnered commercial success in
collaboration as producer or songwriter with other artists. As an
arranger of his own composition "Anata ni Aete Yokatta" co-written and
performed by KyÅ ko Koizumi in 1991, Kobayashi won the 33rd Japan
Record Awards for Best Arrangement category. In 1992, he undertook the
production work with the Japanese pop-rock band Mr. Children on their
debut album entitled Everything. The producer and the band have gone
on to record together to date, achieving mainstream success with
cumulative sales of over 58 million copies albums and singles as of
March 2013. In 1995, Kobayashi formed another multi-million selling
pop group My Little Lover fronted by his then-girlfriend and first
spouse Akko, and remained as a full-time member of the band until the
couple's marriage broke up in the mid 2000s.Kobayashi has written
several film scores, including Swallowtail (1996) and All About Lily
Chou-Chou (2001). Not only composing music, he also directed the film
Bandage (2010).
1959), is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and
record producer.Kobayashi started his professional career in the late
1970s. After working in the backing bands for singers such as Yosui
Inoue, Misato Watanabe, and Anri, he came into prominence as a musical
collaborator for the Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata's
eponymous 1988 solo album.Although his own leader albums failed to
receive public attention, Kobayashi garnered commercial success in
collaboration as producer or songwriter with other artists. As an
arranger of his own composition "Anata ni Aete Yokatta" co-written and
performed by KyÅ ko Koizumi in 1991, Kobayashi won the 33rd Japan
Record Awards for Best Arrangement category. In 1992, he undertook the
production work with the Japanese pop-rock band Mr. Children on their
debut album entitled Everything. The producer and the band have gone
on to record together to date, achieving mainstream success with
cumulative sales of over 58 million copies albums and singles as of
March 2013. In 1995, Kobayashi formed another multi-million selling
pop group My Little Lover fronted by his then-girlfriend and first
spouse Akko, and remained as a full-time member of the band until the
couple's marriage broke up in the mid 2000s.Kobayashi has written
several film scores, including Swallowtail (1996) and All About Lily
Chou-Chou (2001). Not only composing music, he also directed the film
Bandage (2010).
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